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ShareProgesterone is a C-21 steroid hormone involved in the female menstrual cycle, pregnancy (supports gestation) and embryogenesis of humans and other species.
Progesterone belongs to a class of hormones called progestagens, and is the major naturally occurring human progestagen.
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